Team Autonomies

Team Autonomies (Team Autonomie, Team A) is a liberal political party in South Tyrol, Italy.

The party's leader is Elena Artioli, a former member of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) and provincial leader of Lega Nord Alto Adige – Südtirol (LNST) during 2013–2014. Once a sister party of LNST, Team A became an associate party of the Democratic Party (PD) in 2014.

History

In the run-up of the 2008 provincial election LNST was joined by Elena Artioli, who had left the SVP after the party chose to restrict its membership to German- and Ladin-speakers. In the election LNST won the 2.1% of the vote and Artioli was elected to the Provincial Council.[1]

In January 2013 Artioli, who had become the party's rising star and the darling of Lega Nord's federal leadership, was elected national secretary of LNST[2] and in May she announced that the party would run in the 2013 provincial election as part of the Team Autonomies/Team Artioli (Team A), a larger autonomist and inter-ethnic electoral list inspired to the Austrian party Team Stronach.[3] Later, in September, Team A was integrated into the "Forza Alto Adige–Lega Nord–Team Autonomies" list, along with The People of Freedom.[4][5] In the election the list took 2.5% of the vote[6] and Artioli was the only candidate elected.[7]

In January 2014, at the very beginning of the Council term, Artioli voted in favour of Arno Kompatscher (SVP), the new provincial governor, in a vote of confidence[8] and, consequently, left Lega Nord.[9] A few months later Artioli, who had come to be a supporter of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, joined the PD and became the provincial coordinator of Liberal PD, the party's liberal faction led by Enzo Bianco.[10][11][12][13][14] As a result, Team A became an associate party of the PD.

Leadership
  • President: Elena Artioli (2013–present)

References
  1. http://elezioni.provincia.bz.it/home_li_vg.htm
  2. http://altoadige.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/01/26/news/elena-artioli-eletta-segretario-provinciale-della-lega-nord-1.6417875
  3. http://altoadige.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/05/11/news/provinciali-nasce-il-team-artioli-1.7044981
  4. Patto con la Biancofiore: la Artioli si candida capolista con Forza Italia - Cronaca - Alto Adige
  5. Biancofiore candida l’Artioli capolista - Cronaca - Alto Adige
  6. Referendum provinciale confermativo 2014 | Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2014-11-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. È bufera sulla Artioli «Lo ha fatto per un posto» - Cronaca - Alto Adige
  9. Elena Artioli lascia la Lega Fugatti torna commissario - Cronaca - Alto Adige
  10. http://altoadige.gelocal.it/bolzano/cronaca/2014/07/05/news/elena-artioli-migra-al-pd-e-diventa-coordinatrice-liberal-oggi-l-ok-da-renzi-1.9544628
  11. http://www.liberalpd.it/old/3780/elena-artioli-nominata-coordinatrice-provinciale-liberalpd/
  12. http://www.salto.bz/it/article/06072014/le-sette-vite-di-elena-artioli
  13. http://altoadige.gelocal.it/bolzano/cronaca/2014/07/18/news/liberal-pd-due-coordinatori-regionali-artioli-e-giupponi-1.9616920
  14. http://altoadige.gelocal.it/bolzano/cronaca/2014/08/27/news/liberal-pd-la-artioli-a-pranzo-con-enzo-bianco-e-durnwalder-1.9825410

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